Critiques on Neoliberalism
>>'The democratic state gives the Many the illusion of power. It allows them to vote, to elect their rulers, to change their government. But the real power remains where it always has been — in the hands of the Few. The art of being ruled consists in making the ruled believe that they are ruling. This is the great secret of government. The ruler must pretend to be ruled by the ruled. He must disguise his power, and make it appear as though it emanated from them.'
>>'Neoliberalism advocates unrestrained economic liberalization, complete privatization, and total marketization and it opposes any kind of interference or regulation by the state. Western countries, led by the United States, carry out their Neoliberal agendas under the guise of “globalization,” visiting catastrophic consequences upon Latin America, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe, and have also dragged themselves into the international financial crisis from they have yet to recover.'
"The New Class War" --Michael Lind (2020) [Right-Populist / National]
>>'Neoliberalism has created a managerial-professional elite that dominates both public and private sectors, imposing globalist policies that benefit cosmopolitans while devastating working-class communities. This new class war pits the managerial overclass against the working-class majority; the populist right offers a path to reclaim national economic sovereignty and protect citizens from unchecked globalization and financialization.'
"Dig Deep: Beyond Lean In" (excerpt) – bell hooks (2013) [Left-Radical Feminist]
>>'Sandberg’s brand of feminism is the neoliberal feminism that dominates in the corporate world. It is a feminism that is compatible with capitalism, with individualism, with the pursuit of personal success. It is a feminism that does not challenge the structures of domination; it simply asks for a bigger piece of the pie. This is not a vision of feminism that will bring about justice for all women. It is a vision that benefits privileged women at the expense of others. It is a feminism that can be easily incorporated into the neoliberal project without ever critiquing neoliberalism itself.'
"The New Class War" --Michael Lind (2020) [Right-Populist / National]
>>'Neoliberalism has created a managerial-professional elite that dominates both public and private sectors, imposing globalist policies that benefit cosmopolitans while devastating working-class communities. This new class war pits the managerial overclass against the working-class majority; the populist right offers a path to reclaim national economic sovereignty and protect citizens from unchecked globalization and financialization.'
>>'Neoliberal logic assumes that the fundamental unit of society is the abstract individual. According to that logic, Black people can combat racism by pulling themselves up by their own individual bootstraps. That logic fails to recognize institutional barriers that cannot be brought down by individual determination. Neoliberalism resists change at the individual level, asking people to adapt to conditions of racism and capitalism rather than transforming them.'
"End the Fed" – Ron Paul (2009) [Right-Libertarian / Paleoconservative]
>>''Neoliberalism, or what they call “free-market” globalism, is a fraud. It’s not free markets at all — it’s crony capitalism on a global scale, where central banks, international institutions like the IMF and World Bank, and multinational corporations collude to control money, trade, and debt. The Federal Reserve and its fiat money system are the engine of this scam, inflating bubbles, bailing out the rich, and devaluing the savings of ordinary people. Real free markets require sound money, no central planning, and no government-corporate cartels. Neoliberal globalization is just another name for empire by other means.'